Tripods

[Clart]

Anyone got any cheapish reccommendations for tripods?

I've been looking at this one

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s17575...rts/Tripods/Jessops/Tripod-TP327/details.aspx

You can get them for about £20 off ebay. Just need something light an sturdy

 

[McBunny]

supposed to be good basically rip offs of manfroto (sp)
ones

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/amvona-com_tripods-monopods_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ4QQftidZ2QQsclZ2QQtZkm

 

[bully]

Try here, i got one from these guys a couple of years ago. All good.

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/def...x=0&y=0&filterwordsdescs=1&filterwordsalldb=1

A bi pod is supposed to be the thing to get, quicker to setup etc.

According to a photog mate of mine anyhow.

 

[dick]

not really, not if u dont want it to move, like to see you making a hdr photo or a long exposure.

 

[Dafthead]

I got this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000MQFQU6/?tag=cliospnet01-21

& this :


http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000JLK5PK/?tag=cliospnet01-21

Very stable and easy to use/quick to put up

 

[Clart]

nice, but i can't afford that much!

 

[McBunny]

i stole my dads tripod for a bit its heavy but i also just got a gorilla pod slr zoom its great

 

[unofficialPete]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! Mate borrowed my Jessops tripod I stupidly bought and his SLR face planted into some pebles :S

Cheap plastic, not sturdy, replaced mine with a Sherpa 250R, you can remove the head but I've never bothered, it can hold my 350D + 70-200 F4 + 430EX flash. Got mine for 55 at a local store, seems prices have gone up though...
http://www.velbon-tripod.com/sherpa.htm

 

[Dafthead]

nice, but i can't afford that much!

Seriously don't skimp mate,the cheap one's move around in the wind, or can't hold the camera's weight properly and take swan dives as Pete says!

 

[Revels]

What about one of these?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000HAVVFG/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[Clart]

i though about one of those, but you'd need something to hang it onto

 

[McBunny]

What about one of these?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000HAVVFG/?tag=cliospnet01-21

they are great but id get the gp3 if i was you saves you having to buy it later on

 

[McBunny]

mine

 

[JJ!]

Good thread - also need one too!

 

[McBunny]

i though about one of those, but you'd need something to hang it onto

nope it stands up too very versatile though

 

[Clart]

surely you'd have to lie on the floor to use it though?

 

[McBunny]

well its not a full height tripod no

you can put it ontop of other thngs though

tbh you really need a monopod a tripod and a gorilla pod as not one solution will do

 

[Clart]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-MANFROTTO...ryZ97006QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

??

 

[White16valver]

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5700367/Trail/searchtext>TRIPOD.htm

Cheap as chips and pretty sturdy too - I've not broken my one yet.

Is light which means it's ace to carry, but also means not 100% rock-solid when properly breezy, but I've only had trouble a couple of times in 3k+ pictures. It does hold a Fuji bridge camera nicely though, and it goes from about a foot off the floor to chest height, almost head height if you wind the middle bit up.

I'm very happy with mine - will do me until I'm minted and can afford a proper one.

 

[unofficialPete]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-MANFROTTO...ryZ97006QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

??

Can only guess but it should be so much better than a plastic jessops tripod. Holds upto 2.5KG which is decent and you can get it cheaper here and says ''case included''...

http://www.cameraworld.co.uk/ViewPr...=29712&Prod_name=Manfrotto 718SHB Digi Tripod

 

[JJ!]

^^ im looking it to that one, looks pretty good for the price!

 

[Virtual_Unknown]

Are all TriPods compatible with compacts aswell as SLR's?

 

[unofficialPete]

If you don't get that Manfrotto, as said the Velbon 250R is decent, I trust it enough to let the waves wrap around the legs on coastal shoots.

Rallye-Joe : AFAIK there is a universal screw size, so I'd say yes.

 

[SteveC047]

I have the Velbon CX440 got it on offer last year, its pretty sturdy, and even when I went up to the cliffe in Sandow IOW early this year with a gale force wind, it stayed pretty stable.
http://www.jessops.com/Store/s20473...orts/Tripods/Velbon/CX440-Tripod/details.aspx

I always take a bean bag with me which is quite a decent weight so if i feel the tripod is moving I put the bean bag on the center of the tripod inbetween the centre colum which just adds a little extra weight to stop it moving.

Only thing I dont like is the Quick release base they supply as it makes it very difficult to change the battery without undoing it, as the base takes up the whole of the camera.

 

[JJ!]

The Manfrotto comes with a quick release plate which aves buying one!